Label Text with two different alignments

Infestor · 20 Feb 2021, 20:02

HI,

im currently struggling with a simple issue that i cant get solved. What i want to do is to list some items and their numerical value vertically in QLabels e.g.
x: 5
y_foo: 10
bar_x: 77.1

However i would like to achieve that the text are aligned on the left and the numbers are aligned on the right. Is there a way to do this?
I tried using Layouts, but i have problems understanding how the different spacing methods all work.

SGaist · 20 Feb 2021, 20:06

Hi,

I would go with a QFormLayout. It looks like what you are trying to get to.

JonB · wrote on 20 Feb 2021, 20:02

@Infestor
You could use a QGridLayout with two columns. You shouldn't need any "spacing methods" then.

JonB · S SGaist 20 Feb 2021, 20:02

@SGaist
The trouble with QFormLayout is that it has inbuilt alignments according to overall style, being set for different windowing systems/styles. The OP specifies left alignment for the left-hand labels; but if you look at https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qformlayout.html#details some styles align these right. That's why I suggested QGridLayout.

Oh, I see there is QFormLayout::setLabelAlignment() to alter that. Well, up to the OP. Note that QFormLayout is strictly intended for only two columns, QGridLayout you can have however many you want.